My Mission For You:

Editing Services

To help my fellow writers, I’ve decided to offer editing services for a small
price...and I’m starting lower than most.

MISSION STATEMENT:As your editor, I am fully committed to
your work and want to see it at its best. To honor this commitment and
privilege, I will do everything in my power as an editor to help you do this.
For every client and every project, I will give 110% of my skill and time.

Credentials: I edit forDancing
Lemur Press. I have also edited for Patricia Josephine (Abducted
Life), Yolanda Renee (The SnowmanandEVER-TON), Bish Denham (The
Bowl and The Stone), Diane Burton (Mission to New Earth), and Loni
Townsend (This World Bites).

I Edit Fiction:

Flash Fiction/Short stories

NovelettesNovellas

Novels

Any genre except historical.(Historical elements are okay, however.)

No nonfiction.

SERVICES:

Full Edit + Critique: In which I comment on
content (plot, scenes and characters) for accuracy and consistency, check for
typos, punctuation and grammar errors. I will cut unnecessary words and
sentences, check for redundancies, repeated words (repetitiveness), and
POV/tense changes. I will point out where more descriptions can go, unrealistic
dialogue, and sentences that need to be revised by you. I will offer easy fixes
and suggestions for all of these. I will also, of course, note things I like.
:)

All edits are done with TRACK CHANGES.

Price: $1.00 per page

Manuscript Critique: In which I focus on
content (plot, scene and characters) with no typo fixes or other forms of
editing. I will point out flaws in the story (if any). These flaws could be
with a scene, dialogue, sentences or a plot hole. I will offer easy fixes and
suggestions on all problems I find. I will also comment on things I like.

If
there are glaring errors such as POV/tense problems, I will point these out,
too.

Price: $0.50 per page

Please Note: There are different rates for flash fiction and short stories. The minimum rate is $10 for stories that are ten pages or less. That rate applies to both services.

MANUSCRIPTS: Double-space with Arial
or Times New Roman size 12.

All payments will be
done through PayPal.

PROCESS:

1. Email me at ChrysFey(at)yahoo(dot)com to tell
me about your book and if you have a deadline. If I have clients ahead of you
and can't meet your deadline, I'll let you know.

2.FIRST TIME CLIENTS!For a Full
Edit + Critique, I will edit the first 10 pages of your novel-length
book (over 100 pages), or the first 5 pages of a novella of 50-100
pages for FREE.Shorter
pieces not eligible. Either one of us can back out for whatever reason
at this stage. I’ve never had to do this before, but you never know. After I
edit the first pages and we’re both in the same frame of mind, I’ll continue
with your project. You'll send me the complete manuscript and pay the
fee through Paypal.

3. For a Manuscript Critique, you'll send the full
manuscript after we
work out the details of a deadline and the fee is paid. (Not eligible for
free pages.)

4. If you can't afford the full fee upfront, you can pay half now
and half later when I'm finished. Once your balance is paid in full, I'll
return your edited manuscript with a separate document of notes if there
were any concerns.

5. Turnaround time can be anywhere from 5 days to 3 weeks
depending on the project or the deadline we agreed upon.

6.Second Round:If you'd
like me to look over your manuscript a second time, especially if you had
to rewrite scenes, I would be happy to do it for half the cost of your initial
payment. For example: Your manuscript was 100 pages long (novella). If you're a
new client, you got the first 5 pages done for free and paid a $95 fee. For the
second round, it would be $47.50.

NOTE: I go through each work twice before sending back my edits/critique. I'm a
lighthearted editor, which means I like to point out the things I like and
include my reader's thoughts. I believe it's important to pay attention to the
good things in a book. :)

Download myTERMS OF SERVICEfor what you can expect from my
editing as well as information on deadlines and more.